• Question: what is the rarest disease in the world???

    Asked by boomitsgeorgiasbestfriend to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 20 Jun 2011.
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      Suzi Gage answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Hello @boomitsgeorgiasbestfriend
      I’m afraid I don’t know.
      There is a rare disorder where your heartbeat is really long, and it means really healthy people can sometimes die suddenly, in their 20s.
      A friend is investigating this for his PhD. It’s called Long QT syndrome, and 1 in 7000 people have it.

      I’m sure there are rarer diseases though….

      What’s the rarest disease you’ve heard of?

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